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We’re going to miss his candid, entertaining interviews.

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(via WOGymnastike)

POTUS face.

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(via Brigid on Facebook)

China’s tiny Shang Chunsong added gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise to become the most successful female gymnast of the Asian Championships …

Sixteen-year-old Shang, who is looking more and more like a contender for multiple medals at the 2013 Worlds, earned the highest difficulty and execution scores of the event finalists on both beam and floor. …

Examiner – Shang Chunsong makes a name for herself in finale at Asian Championships

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Results: Event Finals Day 2

Looking for a present for a gymnast?

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Floor Training Bar: $169.00

An excellent product. And safer for the wrists than the flat floor.

Uncle Tim:

Russians are basically the pommel horse equivalent of a dog chasing its tale. Woof. Because Russians look so funny, they are pretty easy to spot. (Even a men’s gymnastics neophyte can pick out a Russian in a pommel routine.) So, I have chosen to start my pommel horse primer with the Russians.

Yes, you read that correctly. I plan to write several posts that break down the most boring event on earth, which means…

You’ll no longer have an excuse to call every skill on pommel horse a “spinny thingy.” …

Pommel Horse Primer: What the H is a Russian?

related:

• Pommel Horse Primer: Traveling Russians
• Pommel Horse Primer: Dismounting with a Russian

Blob Jump Official Guinness World Record. … Cham, Switzerland, 17 Metres …

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via Rusty Pierce and Brett MacAulay, who love this kind of stuff. 🙂

The future Florida Gator was #1 at Massilia Junior.

I’m not sure of the age requirement. Silvia competed Senior for Spain last year.

1. Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (Canada); 52.750
2. Louise Vanhille (France Junior); 52.550
3. Sydney Townsend (Canada); 52.450
4. Heaven Latimer (Canada) 51.250
5. Victoria Kayen Woo (Canada) 51.050
6. Ida Gustaffson (Sweden) 51.000
7. Sabrina Gill (Canada) 50.850

TEAM
1. Futures Gymnastics Center Canada (154.850)
2. Sweden (152.600)
3. Canada Open Federation (152.600)

Massilia Report and Results: Canada Dominates Again

It’s great to see Sabrina back. This is her first competition in some time.

Amanda Turner has a succinct wrap-up post on Chinese Championships.

Uneven bars medalists Huang Huidan, Wu Liufang and Sung Ji-Hye

… at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, his moment had arrived: Ning Li won six medals, three of them gold.

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Gymnastics is FUN.

IOC just posted an excellent tribute video – The “Little Prince of Gymnastics” is Born – Ning Li – Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games